I made the unexpected but happy discovery that the answer to several of the questions that most occupied me was in fact one and the same: Cook.

In the end I'm still a writer. I'm still a journalist, and my first responsibility is to my readers. That's where I have to draw the line.

If you're a politician it's very useful to say that we can have economic growth and at the same time green the economy, but writers just have to face up to the fact that there are some fundamental tensions between the economic order and the biological order.

Organic Oreos are not a health food. When Coca-Cola begins selling organic Coke, as it surely will, the company will have struck a blow for the environment perhaps, but not for our health. Most consumers automatically assume that the word "organic" is synomymous with health, but it makes no difference to your insulin metabolism if the high-fructose corn syrup in your soda is organic.

We need to create incentives for our ranchers and farmers to manage their lands to maximize carbon sequestration.

Animals die even if you eat vegetables. That is the nature of farming. There is a certain sacrifice involved.

Don't ingest foods made in places where everyone is required to wear a surgical cap.